serial number?

Shen Qian's body trembled, and he then remembered the clear, cold female voice that had rang in his ears when he activated the badge.

"Numbered Mountain and Sea Warrior..."

If this is the sequential arrangement, it means that the one who sank before was the first Mountain and Sea Warrior to enter the Earth's core.

Nearly ten million!

Holy crap.

An incredulous expression appeared on Shen Qian's face.

"But why..."

Although there are no official statistics, in Shen Qian's understanding, he always thought that the total number of martial artists in the entire China region was no more than 100,000.

However, it is clear that this figure deviates significantly from the objective facts.

"Is Major Shen trying to say that it's impossible for so many martial artists from the Mountain and Sea realms to exist?" Zheng Lei asked with a smile.

Seeing Shen Qian nod, Zheng Lei continued, "Then I have a question for Major Shen: how many students does the Huaxia Martial Arts Academy enroll each year?"

Shen Qian paused for a moment, then recalled, "This year it's probably over 600,000, but this year is special because it's an expansion year. In previous years, it was usually between 300,000 and 400,000."

"In Major Shen's opinion, after being tempered by martial arts academies, how many of the 400,000 martial arts graduates each year can reach the level of a high-level martial artist?"

Zheng Lei asked again.

After a moment's hesitation, Shen Qian said, "Everyone's aptitude is different, but generally speaking, students who can pass the martial arts college entrance examination are all above average. If we don't just consider graduation, but also the time spent in society, at least 70% of them will eventually reach the level of a high-level martial artist."

The probability that Shen Qian mentioned was fairly reasonable.

After all, the main force in this society is not just young people. Indeed, many people can still become high-level martial artists after entering society through long-term honing of their skills.

Ultimately, the level of a high-level martial artist is still just an evolution of the physical body, and it is entirely possible to make up for the shortcomings of talent by relying on time and resources.

"Let's take a lower estimate, say 60%. That means that out of the 400,000 martial arts graduates each year, more than 200,000 will eventually reach the level of a high-level martial artist."

Zheng Lei laughed and said, "Of the 200,000 high-level martial artists each year, how many of them can actually step into the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

"this……"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Qian said, "Perhaps it's one in a hundred?"

Everyone in the world knows that it is very difficult to break through mountains and seas. Even Shen Qian could not say for sure, because there are too many factors involved, and everyone's circumstances are different, so it is naturally difficult to count the number.

As if understanding Shen Qian's predicament, Zheng Lei spoke first without waiting for Shen Qian's reply, "Regarding the probability of breaking through the Mountain and Sea realms, our Martial Arts Association has a precise figure... 1.3%."

"According to statistics from the past two hundred years, on average, about one in every hundred high-level martial artists can successfully break through to the Mountain and Sea Martial Artist level."

He listened intently and didn't refute her.

This kind of data must be top secret, but that's what the Martial Arts Association does, and the numbers they have are absolutely accurate.

"Let's take it a little lower, say one percent. That means that out of the 200,000 martial arts graduates each year, no matter when they break through, about 2,000 will eventually enter the Mountain and Sea realm."

Zheng Lei sighed, "When this number accumulates to two hundred years, how many martial artists from the Mountain and Sea Realm will there be?"

"You should know that since the revival of spiritual energy, the human race has not actually suffered any major disasters. Even the anomaly more than a hundred years ago was mainly dealt with by kings and nobles, and there were not many losses at the mountain and sea level."

"Moreover, what I just mentioned was only data within China, but this inner world is facing martial artists from all over the world!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qian suddenly understood.

Two thousand a year, that's two hundred thousand in a hundred years...

There are no standard statistics on the average lifespan of martial artists from the mountains and seas, but living for hundreds of years is definitely not difficult.

Moreover, he knew that the number Zheng Lei mentioned was only a conservative estimate, because in reality, there were many examples of martial artists from society who had not received martial arts college education breaking through mountains and seas.

For example, the Tower of Babel's own academy, because it is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, is actually classified as a "social martial artist".

Among so many countries in the world, although China is incredibly powerful, the total number of countries combined is close to ten million, which is not much at all.

"So this underground city is actually a world that belongs exclusively to the mountains and seas?" Shen Qian asked.

"That's one way to understand it."

Zheng Lei smiled, "Could it be that Major Shen hasn't noticed anything different here yet?"

"different?"

Shen Qian was taken aback at first, then realized what was going on.

Spiritual energy!

An incredibly rich spiritual energy.

The biggest difference between this underground city and surface towns lies in the fact that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air has almost condensed into a tangible form, which is the colorful mist that Shen Qian had vaguely seen on the stone platform earlier.

However, being in this place at the moment, and having been to so many places with abundant spiritual energy before, he was not sensitive to it, so he did not notice it immediately.

Shen Qian glanced at Dao Jiu beside him and couldn't help but laugh and cry.

No wonder this guy hadn't said a word. Shen Qian glanced at him and realized that he had his eyes tightly closed and his face was full of greed. Judging from his slightly trembling body, Dao Jiu had been frantically absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

"Are you really going to go to such lengths? You even need to save this little bit of time for cultivation?"

I didn't quite understand it before.

Upon hearing this, Dao Jiu opened his eyes, scratched his head, and chuckled, "This place is too expensive. This is only my third time here. This time, I'm here thanks to Mr. Shen, so of course I can't waste it."

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